diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/aiohttp/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/aiohttp/__init__.py
index 74f6a07c7c..f32c653fcb 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/aiohttp/__init__.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/aiohttp/__init__.py
@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
 """Build AIOHTTP"""
 from typing import List
-from pythonforandroid.recipe import CythonRecipe  # type: ignore
+from pythonforandroid.recipe import CppCompiledComponentsPythonRecipe
 
 
-class AIOHTTPRecipe(CythonRecipe):  # type: ignore # pylint: disable=R0903
-    """Build AIOHTTP"""
-
-    version = "v3.6.2"
-    url = "https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/archive/{version}.zip"
+class AIOHTTPRecipe(CppCompiledComponentsPythonRecipe):  # type: ignore # pylint: disable=R0903
+    version = "3.8.3"
+    url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/a/aiohttp/aiohttp-{version}.tar.gz"
     name = "aiohttp"
-
     depends: List[str] = ["setuptools"]
+    call_hostpython_via_targetpython = False
+    install_in_hostpython = True
+
+    def get_recipe_env(self, arch):
+        env = super().get_recipe_env(arch)
+        env['LDFLAGS'] += ' -lc++_shared'
+        return env
 
 
 recipe = AIOHTTPRecipe()